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Calvin Coolidge: “These, then, are the justifying conceptions of the spirit of our age; that commerce is the foundation of human progress…”

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These, then, are the justifying conceptions of the spirit of our age; that commerce is the foundation of human progress and prosperity and the great artisan of human character.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge articulates that commerce is foundational to progress and character development.

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